do-nothing

== English == === Etymology === Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb, but from the phrase do nothing, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement. === Adjective === do-nothing (attributive) Doing nothing, not taking any action. === Noun === do-nothing (plural do-nothings) A lazy person. Synonyms: idler; see also Thesaurus:idler Antonyms: doer; see also Thesaurus:doer ==== Derived terms ==== do-nothingism do-nothingness ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== know-nothing === References === “do-nothing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.